Cooking-range.



J. E. DANIEL.

COOKING RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1911.

1,078,722. Patented Nov. 18,1913.

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Witnesses Inventor Attorneys J. E. DANIEL.

COOKING RANGE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1911.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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Witnesses z I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES EDWARD DANIEL, 015 TEXARKANA, TEXAS.

COOKING-RANGE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AMES EDWARD I)ANTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Texarkana, in the county of Bowie and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Cooking-Range, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in cooking ranges, the primary object of the invention being the provision of a range, the oven of which is disposed above the fire box, so that heat may be conducted from the fire box above the oven, and into a lid compartment, or directly into such compartment, the various parts of the stove be ing so disposed as to be in ready access to the operator without the necessity of stooping or the placing of the utensils directly above the burning coals within the fire box.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a range mounted upon legs adapted to have an open space therebelow, one side of the main body portion being provided with superposed ash pit, fire box and oven, while to one side thereof is a large open space provided with a shelf having disposed thereabove a compartment in the top of which is provided a series of lids, whereby the direct rays of heat from the fire box emanate from below the oven and not below the lids as is the usual custom, the heat being either brought around the oven to the lid compartment or directly thereinto, accord ing to the temperature desired.

Vitlr the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete cooking range or stove. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is side elevation taken from the left hand side thereof. Fig. 4 is an elevation taken from the right hand side of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 2, the farther portion of the stove above the lid compartment being in elevation. Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 2.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 13, 1911.

Patented Nov. 18,1913.

Serial No. 649,093.

Referring to the drawings, the stove proper is provided with six legs 1, which are connected together by means of the main supporting plate 2, disposed horizontally and transversely above the legs, the full width of the stove. Projecting upwardly from the said legs are the main plates 3 which divide the stove transversely into the open compartment 4 and the main compartment 6, a shelf to the lower portion or ash pitof the con1- partment 6, while the door 10 permits access to the upper portion of the compartment 6 adjacent to the basket grate 8. Mounted in and carried by the door 10 is a draft control door 11, which permits the draft to affect the upper bed of coals within the grate similarly to a gas door, while the door D, is grated and provides a damper to control the draft from below the basket grate. In order to permit the coal to be fed to the basket grate, the inclined chute 12 having the hinged door 13 is provided at one side of the compartment 6, the smoke curtain 14 assisting the chute to conduct the coal to the basket grate 8 of the fire box, and also being a means to prevent the smoke from passing out of the feed pouch or chute 12.

Carried by and depending from the under side of the bottom of the oven 18, are the two parallel guides 15 which constitute a support for suspending a broiler (not shown), the broiler being insertible through the opening controlled by the door 16. The oven 18 is incased Within the upper portion 17 above the compartment 6 and provides heat and smoke fiues upon its opposite sides from above the compartment 6. The oven 18 provides the vertical flue 19' in communication with the fire box, an inclined plate or wall 20 being disposed upon the top of the oven as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5, to cause the products of combustion to pass to the front of the partition or wall 20 and downwardly through the "ertieal draft passage 21 into the forward chamber of the lid compartment 84 through the opening controlled by the damper 24 in the longitudinal partition 23, below the top 30 and lids 31 into the rear chamber of the lid compartment and thence into and through the passage 27, to the rear of the partition 20 above the oven, and finally out of the flue 29. Thehandle 25 is moved to cause the damper 24: to assume various positions to regulate the draft therethrough.

When the damper 2% is in closed position, there is a small space 22 at the ends thereof to permit the products of combustion to pass to the fine 29, the damper being moved to various positions to regulate the draft through the lid compartment and to the fiue.

Under ordinary conditions, the products of combustion pass over the oven before entering the lid compartment 34, but should it be desired to direct a portion of the heat directly from the fire box to the lid compartment, the damper 82, disposed at the junction between the lower end of the front passage 21, the fire box, and the front chamber of the lid compartment, is moved to permit the heat to pass dircctlv from the fire box into the forward chamber of the lid compartment. The damper 32 is controlled o the exteriorly disposed handle 33 at the forward portion of the stove, and under normal conditions with all of the products of combustion passing to the right of the oven, the said damper 32 closes the passage at this point.

It will be seen that when the damper 32 is closed, the direct heat from the coals in the fire box, is not permitted to enter the lid compartment, but for quick boiling and other cooking, or when starting a fire, the said damper 32 is opened.

The rear of the open space 4 below the lid compartment 34 and the upper portion of the frame, is closed by the wall 35, extending above the lid compartment and carrying a shelf 36 disposed above and parallel with the top of the lid compartment. Mounted upon the top of the portion 17 is a warmer 37, thus providing with the other portions including the shelves and the open space 4 with its bottom 2, convenient places for the reception of victuals to be heated or kept warm and for utensils not in use.

As the oven is placed directly above the fire box, and the heat must pass around and over the same, the greatest amount of heat is utilized in baking, while as the broiler supporting guides 15 are placed below the bottom of the oven and directly above the fire box, it is evident that the heat is applied directly and that all odors from the broiling are carried around the oven and finally into the flue 29, the liability of escaping into the room thus being lessened.

hat is claimed is:

1. A cooking range, having a base, a vertically disposed main compartment at one side thereof having superposed ash-pit, firebox and oven compartments, an oven in the oven compartment spaced at two opposite sides and the top from the walls of the main compartment, :1 vertical partition dividing the space at one side of the oven into two vertical heat passages, another partition dividing the space above the oven into forward and rear heat passages which communicate respectively with the two vertical heat passages, a flue in communication with the rear top heat passage, and a lid compartment divided longitudinally into forward and rear communicating chambers, the forward chamber being in communication with the lower end of the forward vertical heat passage while the rear chamber is in communication with the lower end of the rear vertical heat passage.

2. A cooking range, having a base, a vertically disposed main compartment at one side thereof having superposed ash-pit, firebox and oven compartments, an oven in the oven compartment spaced from two opposite sides and the top walls of the main compartment, a vertical, partition dividing the space at one side of the oven into two vertical heat passages, another partition dividing the space above the oven into forward and rear heat passages which communicate respectively with the two vertical passages, a flue in communication with the rear top passage, a lid compartment divided longitudinally by an apertured partition into forward and rear communicating chambers, the forward chamber being in communication with the lower end of the forward vertical passage while the rear chamber is in communication with the lower end of the rear vertical passage, and a damper mounted in the partition between the chambers of the lid compartmentfor controlling the passage of the products of combustion through the aperture of the partition and the lid compartment.

3. A cooking range, having a base, a ver tically disposed main compartment at one side thereof having superposed ash-pit, firebox and oven compartments, an oven disposed in the oven compartment and spaced at opposite sides and the top from the walls of the main compartment, a vertical partition dividing the space at one side of the oven into two vertical heat passages, another partition dividing the space above the oven into two heat passages, the same being in communication respectively with the front and rear vertical passages, a flue in communication with the rear top passage, a lid compartment divided longitudinally into front and rear communicating chambers, the front chamber being in communication with the lower end of the front vertical passage of the oven compartment while the rear chamber is in communication with the lower end of the rear vertical passage of the oven compartment, and a damper at the junction between the upper portion of the fire-box, the front vertical passage of the oven compartment and the front chamber of the lid compartment to control direct communication of the firebox with the front chamber of the lid compartment.

4. A cooking range, having a base, a vertically disposed main compartment at one side thereof having superposed alined ashpit, fire-box, and oven compartments, an oven disposed in the oven compartment and spaced at opposite sides and the top from the Walls of the main compartment, a vertical partition dividing the space at one side of the oven into two vertical heat passages, an other partition dividing the space above the oven into two heat passages, the same being in communication respectively With the front and rear vertical passages, a flue in communication with the rear top passage, a longitudinally disposed lid compartment divided longitudinally into front and rear communicating chambers, the front chamber being in communication with the lower end of the front vertical passage of the oven compartment While the rear chamber is in communication with the lower end of the rear vertical passage of the oven compartment, a damper at the junction between the upper portion of the fire-box, the front ver tical passage of the oven compartment and the front chamber of the lid compartment to control direct communication of the firebox with the front chamber of the lid compartment, and a damper at the divisional line between the chambers of the lid compartment for controlling the passage of the products of combustion through the lid compartment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES EDlVARD DANIEL.

Witnesses:

W. C. KUHL, TONY DE GRAZETT, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington D. C. 

